No. 466.] . NOTES AND LITERATURE. 761 
Skulls and Skeletons from the Santa Rosa Island, California.— 
Prof. Matiegka describes (Sitzungsber. k. böhm. Gesellsch. d. Wis- 
sensch., 1904, p. 1) in a thorough manner, fifteen crania and four 
more or less complete skeletons from the Santa Rosa Island. With- 
out going into details it is sufficient to say that the characteristics of 
the skulls here described agree closely with those of the skulls from 
the same and neighboring islands, described by previous observers. 
'The majority of the skulls are mesocephalic and with a length-height 
index ranging principally between 7o and 74. Asto the bones of 
the skeleton, Matiegka's description is the first of its nature from 
California. The description contains many interesting points for 
which the reader must be referred to the original. The pelvis is 
closely related to the European. The radio-humeral index is nearly 
79; the tibial-femoral index, 83.5 ; the relation between the upper 
and lower limbs, 70.5 (in males). 
Cephalic Index in Switzerland.— This communication (Bull. Soc. 
d Anthropol., ser. 5, vol. 5, P- 493» 1904) is a brief, interesting report 
on the form of the head in 587 children, from ro to 14 years of age, 
in the Canton of Vaud. The mean cephalic index of the entire series 
of children was 82.02, corresponding to the index of about 80.02 on 
the skull. Previous observations by different authors in other cantons 
gave indexes from 80.6 (Geneva) to 85 (Grisons) and even 87 (a part 
of Valais), showing that the Swiss population is predominantly sub- 
brachy- and brachycephalic. 
Portuguese Cranial Capacity and Ethnic Composition. — The 
author (Bull. Soc. d Anthropol., ser. 5, vol. 5, p. 473, 1904) utilizes 
the measurements obtained by Macedo, Marques, Basto, and Cardoso, 
and by their aid, but principally by the data on cranial capacity, 
attempts to differentiate the Portuguese into several types of people 
of different origin. According to Macedo's measurements the mean 
height of the Portuguese in general is, in men, 164.1 cm, mean 
cephalic index (on skull) 74-5; and mean capacity of the skull (by 
Broca's method?) 1572 c. c. The main differences are found in the 
following districts :— 
Cephalic Index Nasal Index 
Stature. (Skull). (Living). ^ Cranial Capacity. 
Traz-os-Montes (north) 163-3 72.5 66.9 1507 C. C 
Beira Alta (north) 167-4 72.5 5. 1596 
Alemtejo (south) 166.2 74.8 64.6 1547 : 
Minho (north) 165.8 75-7 64.2 1591 
Ferreira concludes, on the basis of such differences (but not with- 
